Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
Accusations of a star harness racing trainer being a “drug cheat” sparked a wild Albion Park brawl, an inquiry has heard, which has led to four participants copping lengthy bans. Championship-winning trainer Jason Grimson has been disqualified for 12 months by stewards after pleading guilty to assaulting Brisbane Racing Club employee Adam Russo. At the […]
Dual Inter Dominion-winning trainer Jason Grimson has emerged the late secret weapon in forgotten star Captain Ravishing’s quest to the $2.1m TAB Eureka. Grimson, who burst onto the scene to become the pre-eminent open-class training force in Australasia, is helping trainer Ahmed Taiba fine-tune Captain Ravishing for the world’s richest harness race on Saturday week […]
We are not saying that there was anything amiss in race 3 at Menangle yesterday, and we are not saying that there wasn’t. What we are saying is that regardless of anything else, what happened here was a very bad look for racing indeed. Siren Sea was the $1.2o favourite. David Hewitt trained it, Brad […]
“Not a lot goes on in the half hour or hour before a race meeting, so it was as much a practical decision as anything,” MRC Executive Director, Racing and Operations Jake Norton said. “It is an attempt to be more efficient.” The Melbourne Racing Club owns and operates the Caulfield, Sandown and Mornington tracks. […]
See this Stewards summary? Matthew Craven was fined $200 for unacceptable whip use in the Singo. He’s been flucked by a fairy. Watch this. Craven is on the leaders back. Luke McCarthy is behind him on Dangerzone. Have a look what happens. Do you see what I see? The Steward’s didn’t. It must be those […]
Misterfourthousand is a wee 2-year-old who at his first prep was good enough to win a heat of the Gold Crown. He has panels on the lower class pacers running around at Bathurst on a Wednesday night in NR 48 races, despite being only a pup. Which is why he started at $1.12 off the […]
I have to admit that I was skeptical at first about media personality Yvonne Sampson’s appointment to the board of Harness Racing NSW, presuming that it was just tokenism. What a dickhead I was. Sampson is an extraordinary woman, and a hugely worthy selection to steer NSW harness racing into the future. She’s a horse […]
The word from the Creek is that the Stewards are going to lay racing rule breach charges at Jason Grimson and Jack Trainor over the melee at Albion Park on Blacks A Fake night, and that their penalties for bringing racing into disrepute are likely to be very stern. That’s the least of the pair’s […]
Did you say the recently retired Harness Racing NSW CEO John Dumesny (ponounced Dumesy)? Give yourself a gold star. John Dumesny drove 5 winners, and by his own reckoning was at one stage equal leading driver in the Western Districts area. Very briefly. Here is another winner Dumesny drove. I am watching a ‘A Life […]
Everyone in the world knows that Zac Lloyd is brilliant, but he needs to pull his head in big time, before he puts someone down. How many suspensions has Z. Lloyd had now for careless riding? I’ve lost count, but it’s a lot. Yet still he continues on, riding in breach of the rules and […]
